Diocese of Quilon, India 🇮🇳 (original) (raw)
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History
- 1329.08.09: Established as Diocese of Quilon / Columbum / Kollam / Quilonen(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Soltania)
- 1450: Suppressed
- 1845.05.12: Restored as Apostolic Vicariate of Quilon / Quilonen(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Verapoly)
- 1886.09.01: Promoted as Diocese of Quilon / Quilonen(sis) (Latin)
- 1887.06.07: Became suffragan of Verapoly
- 1930.05.26: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Kottar
- 1937.07.01: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Trivandrum
- 1955.04.29: Lost territory to Diocese of Changanacherry
- 1985.12.21: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Punalur
- 2004.06.03: Became suffragan of Trivandrum
Present Prelates
| Bishop (2018.04.18 – ...): |  Bishop Paul Antony Mullassery (64) |
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Ordinaries
| Bishops of Quilon (Roman Rite) |
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| Bishop Paul Antony Mullassery (64) (2018.04.18 – ...)Bishop of Quilon (India)Born:1960.01.15 (Kaithakody, India)Ordained Priest:1984.12.22Consecrated Bishop:2018.06.03Priest of Quilon (India) (1984.12.22 – 2018.04.18)Bishop of Quilon (India) (2018.04.18 – ...) |
 Bishop Stanley Roman (83) (2001.10.16 – 2018.04.18)Bishop emeritus of Quilon (India)All for the goodness of GodBorn:1941.06.04 (Punalur, India)Ordained Priest:1966.12.16Consecrated Bishop:2001.12.16Priest of Quilon (India) (1966.12.16 – 2001.10.16)Bishop of Quilon (India) (2001.10.16 – 2018.04.18) |
| Bishop Joseph Gabriel Fernandez (1978.01.30 – 2001.10.16)Quæ semper ad verbum DeiBorn:1925.09.16 (Maruthurkulangara, India)Ordained Priest:1949.03.19Consecrated Bishop:1978.05.14Died:2023.03.04 (Kollam, India †97)Priest of Quilon (India) (1949.03.19 – 1978.01.30)Bishop of Quilon (India) (1978.01.30 – 2001.10.16) |
| Bishop Jerome M. Fernandez (1937.09.25 – 1978.01.30)Born:1901.09.08 (India)Ordained Priest:1928.03.24Consecrated Bishop:1937.12.12Died:1992.02.26 (†90)Bishop of Quilon (India) (1937.09.25 – 1978.01.30) |
| Bishop Vincent Victor Dereere, O.C.D. (1936.02.10 – 1937.07.01)Born:1880.02.12 (Belgium)Ordained Priest:1905.06.17Consecrated Bishop:1936.05.17Died:1973.12.31 (†93)Bishop of Quilon (India) (1936.02.10 – 1937.07.01)Bishop of Trivandrum (India) (1937.07.01 – 1966.10.01)Titular Bishop of Ibora (1966.10.24 – 1973.12.31) |
| Bishop Luis MarÃa Benziger, O.C.D. (1905.08.16 – 1931.07.23)Born:1864.01.31Ordained Priest:1888.12.23Consecrated Bishop:1900.11.18Died:1942.08.17 (†78)Titular Bishop of Tabæ (1900.07.17 – 1905.08.16)Coadjutor Bishop of Quilon (India) (1900.07.17 – 1905.08.16)Bishop of Quilon (India) (1905.08.16 – 1931.07.23)Titular Bishop of Antinoë (1931.07.23 – 1942.08.17) |
| Bishop Ferdinand Maria Ossi, O.C.D. (1886.09.01 – 1905.08.16)Born:1843.08.31 (Italy)Ordained Priest:1866.02.24Consecrated Bishop:1883.09.23Died:1905.08.16 (†61)Titular Bishop of Maximianopolis (1883.04.03 – 1886.09.01)Vicar Apostolic of Quilon (India) (1883.04.03 – 1886.09.01)Bishop of Quilon (India) (1886.09.01 – 1905.08.16) |
| Vicars Apostolic of Quilon (Roman Rite) |
| Bishop Ferdinand Maria Ossi, O.C.D. (1883.04.03 – 1886.09.01)(see above) |
| Bishop Ildefonso Giovanni Battista Borgna, O.C.D. (later Archbishop) (1871.05.24 – 1883)Born:1817.05.25 (Italy)Consecrated Bishop:1871.08.20Died:1894.12.04 (†77)Vicar Apostolic of Quilon (India) (1871.05.24 – 1883)Titular Bishop of Amyzon (1871.05.24 – 1886.12.14)Titular Archbishop of Marcianopolis (1886.12.14 – 1894.12.04) |
| Bishop Ephrem-Edouard-Lucien-Théoponte Garrelon, O. Carm. (1868.06.20 – 1870.06.03)Born:1827.11.18 (France)Consecrated Bishop:1868.11.08Died:1873.04.11 (†45)Vicar Apostolic of Quilon (India) (1868.06.20 – 1870.06.03)Titular Bishop of Nemesi (1868.07.24 – 1873.04.11)Vicar Apostolic of Mangalore (India) (1870.06.03 – 1873.04.11) |
| Bishop Carlo Giacinto Valerga, O.C.D. (1859.06.20 – 1864.12.24)Born:1818.07.09 (Italy)Consecrated Bishop:1859.06.05Died:1864.12.24 (†46)Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Quilon (India) (1854.05.31 – 1859.06.20)Titular Bishop of Myriophytos (1859.05.24 – 1864.12.24)Vicar Apostolic of Quilon (India) (1859.06.20 – 1864.12.24) |
| Bishop Carlo Giacinto Valerga, O.C.D. (1854.05.31 – 1859.06.20)(see above) |
| Fr. Bernardino di Sant’Agnese, O.C.D. (1853.03.15 – 1853.03 not possessed)Vicar Apostolic of Quilon (India) (1853.03.15 – 1853.03 not possessed) |
| Bishop Bernardine of St. Teresa Baccenelli, O.C.D. (later Archbishop) (1847.01.26 – 1853.03.15)Born:1807.03.15 (Italy)Consecrated Bishop:1847.05.23Died:1868.09.05 (†61)Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Quilon (India) (1847.01.26 – 1853.03.15)Titular Bishop of Heraclea pontica (1847.01.26 – 1859.05.24)Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Verapoly (India) (1853.03.15 – 1855.11.10)Vicar Apostolic of Verapoly (India) (1855.11.10 – 1868.09.05)Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus (1859.05.24 – 1868.09.05) |
| Bishops of Quilon (Roman Rite) |
| Bishop Jordanus Catalani de Séverac, O.P. (1329.08.21 – 1330)Bishop of Quilon (India) (1329.08.21 – 1330) |
Former Prelates
- Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Luis MarÃa Benziger, O.C.D. (1900.07.17 – 1905.08.16)
Statistics (2022.12.31)
Area: 1,950 km²
Population: 240,511 Catholics (8.8% of 2,745,480 total)
Pastoral Centres: 74 parishes, 27 missions
Personnel: 161 priests (88 diocesan, 73 religious), 571 religious (91 brothers, 480 sisters), 31 seminarians